Alumnae Today

AMERICUS – Alumnae from the Americus, Ga., chapter show their KD pride with matching T-shirts. The AC members supported Delta Phi-Georgia Southwestern with fall recruitment and were excited when the collegiate chapter welcomed a record-breaking 28 new members!

BALTIMORE – Baltimore alumnae chapter members, pictured, gather with other girlfriends at the home of KD Kat Ruck Kempert for a potluck supper to celebrate International Women’s Friendship Month.

DAYTON –A rain storm earlier in the day didn’t dampen the spirits of Dayton, Ohio, KDs who gathered for a late-summer cookout at the home of Doug and Bev Thornhill Reno. Alumnae and their families enjoyed lawn games, swimming and a potluck meal. Pictured from left are Carol Taylor Erwine, Linda Norris Petersen, Jayne Plazzo McDougall, Marcia Moore Booher, Donna McLendon Boensch, Bev and Nancy Daspit Terrill.

GREATER ATLANTA DAY – Getting a sneak peek – and maybe a few nibbles, too – of a recruitment week luncheon are, from left, Greater Atlanta Day alumnae chapter members Dot Mears and Eleanor Fiorillo Crockford and Eta Mu-Georgia College chapter members Elisa Cooper and Jessica Forbes. GADAC provided food and moral support, which helped the collegians end a successful recruitment with 55 new members!

LAKE CHARLES – Members of the Lake Charles, La., alumnae chapter, and special guest KD legacy Ellie Gage, meet for a summer luncheon. Seated from left are Sandy Busch Meyers, Martha Boyer LaBorde and Ellie; standing from left are Emily Benton Harper, Nicole Pedersen Mudd, Gina Lemoine Neck, Cassie Dingler Gage and Leslie Stutes Milligan.

MOUNTAIN BROOK – Executive board members gather at the home of Romona Hall Shannon for a luncheon and planning session for the Mountain Brook, Ala., alumnae chapter. Seated, from left, are Anne Jemison Heppenstall and Kim Jeffreys Pitts, and pictured from back left are Libba Bushnell Williams, Romona, Marlea Kitchings Foster and Francie Morris Deaton.

NASHVILLE - Nashville, Tenn., alumnae chapter members celebrate women’s friendship with girls’ night out at a local restaurant.

RICHARDSON/PLANO - From left, Meredith Ley Hagedorn and Sara Thornton are among the Richardson/Plano, Texas, alumnae chapter members who enjoyed a “picture perfect” get-together in honor of International Women’s Friendship Month. KDs and their guests visited a local studio where they each painted a picture of a sunflower under the direction of an instructor. Members also brought donations of snack food items for the children served by City House in Plano.

SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio alumnae chapter members, from left, Nikki McIntyre, Gina Luedtke, Melissa Wiles Mayfield, Kayli Christensen and Sydney Cunningham Fedesna gather at the home of Leslie Harris McLean in August for their annual kickoff celebration. In September, AC members and guests met at a local gelato shop where they enjoyed dessert and coffee and collected donations for Dress for Success, in honor of International Women’s Friendship Month.

ST. LOUIS - Sally Hall Hanson, Rosemary Cromer Boustany and Willeyne VanLuik Berger represent the St. Louis alumnae chapter at the South Side Day Nursery Summer Soiree. The KD alumnae chapter was honored during the event for more than 50 years of service to the day care center.